πύξος
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A box, Buxus sempervirens, Thphr.HP3.15.5, Arist.Mu. 401a3, Mir.831b23, etc. (Hom. only has Adj. πύξινος): prov., πύξον εἰς Κύτωρον ἤγαγες 'carry coals to Newcastle', Eust.88.3. 2 boxwood, IG42(1).102.45 (Epid., iv. B.C.), Nic.Al.579, Th.516.
German (Pape)
[Seite 819] ἡ, der Buxbaum, das Buxbaumholz; Arist. mund. 6, 37 Theophr. u. A.; – bes. bemerkt wird die bleichgelbe Farbe des Buxbaumholzes, χροιὴ πύξου, Nic. Th. 516, πύξοιο χλόος, Al. 592.
